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Assalamualaikum WBT. I would like to share my experience on how to flash or install a custom ROM on HTC Sensation XE ICS HBOOT 1.27 with S-ON. Frankly, I never thought of flashing to a custom ROM within the warranty period of my XE until I mistakenly updated my device to ICS which comes with HBOOT 1.27. I was waiting for the official ICS update from HTC with all my heart, however it was a disappointment when this Sense version of ICS is really slow and laggy. Some of the forumers suggested to do a factory reset which I did and it increase the speed a little bit indeed.
However I was still unsatisfied since at the first glance, ICS update was supposed to be great instead and this Ice Cream delivered by HTC is not sweet enough for me. So, I searched all over the internet and found that one of the pre-requisite is to S-OFF before flashing to a custom ROM. This is not 100% true as it also depends on the custom ROM to be flashed into the device. I picked Virtuous Inquisition for my new ROM and you can find everything about it here. The installation is quite easy and straight forward after the phone is rooted.
***DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK***
Pre-requisites
- Make sure your firmware version is 3.32 (official ICS update from HTC).
- You Sensation XE must be rooted. Check my other post here on how to root.
- HBOOT 1.27 unlocked using HTCdev tool.
- Clockwork
Recovery installed.
- Perform a nandroid backup of your current ROM, in case you change your mind or encounter issues.
- Download Virtuous Inquisition ROM - Download ROM v4.0.2
(MD5: a64973ae898aa84cdb1d65e690c2bc76 | 260MB). - Copy the downloaded virtuous_inquisition-v4.0.2.zip to sdcard.
- Reboot the phone to Recovery. You can use Quick Boot.
- At CWM Recovery, choose install zip and select virtuous_inquisition-v4.0.2.zip
- Wait until the installation to finish and reboot your phone.
- Voila, you will boot to Virtuous Inquisition. Welcome to the real Ice Cream Sandwich.
- Resources : http://www.virtuousrom.com/p/documentation.html
Extra Notes (Updated on 5/12/2012)
If you have WiFi issue after flashing the rom :
- Extract boot.img from virtuous_inquisition-v4.0.2.zip. The path should be virtuous_inquisition-v4.0.2.zip\kernel\pyramid\
- Install fastboot tool . Refer here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1752270
- Place the boot.img in the same directory/folder with fastboot
- Flash the boot.img using this command : fastboot flash boot boot.img
- Reboot your device. Now your WiFi should be working.
